Video Webinars – Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

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The global spread of COVID-19 has caused dramatic changes in our daily lives and left many wondering, "How did we get here?" and "How can we do better?" The exhibit Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World explores the factors that increase the risk that new diseases will emerge and provides an intellectual framework for understanding how viruses can spill over from animals and become a global pandemic. In conjunction with the exhibition, we are hosting programs to help put COVID-19 into context and to explore the interconnection between people, non-human animals, plants, and their shared environment.

Current Series

Shared Planet, Shared Health

Scanning electron microscope view of small, light blue dots on a pink cell culture. — Colorized scanning electron micrograph of monkeypox virus (blue) on the surface of infected VERO E6 cells (pink). Credit: NIAID.

Our virtual "Shared Planet, Shared Health" programs spotlight leading research on the interconnection between humans, nonhuman animals, plants, and their shared environment.

These programs feature a presentation by an expert followed by an audience Q&A session moderated by Ashley Peery, educator for the Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.